If you seriously think Nicki Minaj is the best female emcee alive, you're an idiot. No disrespect. I like Nicki- "I'm the Best" from Pink Friday still gets some play on my iPod months after its release and I never would have guessed it would.
That said, people always have the tendency to crown the latest thing to be the greatest, best, most amazing thing to ever happen. I partially blame the "Now" Age we live in-- dominated by endless television channels, websites and twitter updates. And I blame young people for not knowing their history. LeBron isn't the greatest basketball player alive. Lil' Wayne isn't the best rapper alive- though a lot of people out there believed it circa Summer 2008 when he said so. (Until Eminem decided to comeback and repeatedly destroy him on tracks).
And Nicki Minaj isn't the best Lady on the Mic alive. She's not even close. MC Lyte, Lauryn Hill and Queen Latifah are all way our of Nicki's league. So is the Nicki-Blueprint, original Bad Girl Lil' Kim. I'm so happy that Lil' Kim released Black Friday, waking up from wherever the hell she's been at. Of course, who knows if the public will realize Lil' Kim is the orignator of Nicki's style and the superior style (See KRS-One/Nelly and Canibus/LL Cool Jay Beefs). But if it means better work from both artists, we all win.
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